Because the gender ratios in Kill la Kill are actually balanced, where Gurren Lagann's two female characters were a useless token and a plot macguffin, respectively.

Doesn't bother me, but that's because I think it's intentionally over-fanservicey. It is to high school fighting animes what Gurren Lagann is to mecha anime, and that means taking tropes and going berserk with them.

のほも is such a good word?? the concept is kind of hard to fully get across in translation, but basically it means a feeling of pure, deep, platonic affection, and i think thats beautiful

The fanservice in Gurren Lagann was more or less complimentary to the characters involved even if it did objectify them. The fanservice in Kill la Kill is mostly rape jokes. Actually, fuck that, Kill la Kill is mostly rape jokes.

I dunno if Japanese uses the same figurative language, but the super battle sailor suit literally forces itself on Ryuko (the main character). After removing her non-magicalsuper-science clothes without her consent.I dunno if that's played for laughs, per se... but it did get a bit... weird?Then there's the number of times Ryuko awakens with frightening people watching over her mostly-disrobed body. Up to and including Mikisugi, one of the characters who's fanservice-y properties are (sometimes) amped up toward the level of the female leads.

"All rape jokes" is obviously hyperbole, but there's enough testing-the-line stuff in the first episode that I could see someone getting really put off.But, I mean, I powered through that. Is this a case of a bad first impression then?I'm not sure that adds up, because...

Definitely more of that in the first episode yeah, but considering the people who made it I'm not surprised. It feels a lot like gunbuster/diebuster in that a lot of it is really painful to watch and I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.

In Kill la Kill, Isshin Matoi, Ryuko Matoi and Nui Harime all wield the scissor blade in Kill la Kill. Incidentally, Isshin and Nui, as well as Senketsu, are each missing one of their eyes. Nui is missing her left eye, Isshin and Senketsu are missing their right eyes. Incidentally, Ryuko and Nui wield separate halves of the scissor blade. I think this was intentional.